Glass is Only Another Form of Sand

Prairie Resch '21

Plants on my windowsill.

Bird which hit my window this morning

(and I wonder if it was my fault

for putting plants away behind panes of glass).

But curtains had hung shut, then,

(blank expanses

and not mirrors reflecting sky and space).

No little body when I looked

(felled by something it couldn’t see,

ivy beneath my window holding no bird).

Birdsong, and songs of early insects

(and life slowly unfurled

outside).

Mid-morning sun

(which is strange to me;

I have become too familiar with winter’s darkness).

Tableau vivant

(so it appears from inside, at least,

every place filled, every role perfected).

Plants, on my windowsill

(I suppose they will remain, then

still behind their panes of glass).

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Editors-in-Chief:
Aiden Chan ‘26
Veena Scholand ‘26

Art Editors:
Aurelia Wen ‘27 (lead)
Brock Bowen ‘27
Irene Kim ‘28

Prose Editors:
Edel Lee ‘26 (lead)
Olivia Yu ‘27
Isha Seth ‘28

Poetry Editors:
Kenzy Abdalla ‘27 (lead)
Rebecca Spiewak ‘27
Natalia Todorovich ‘27
Elyssa Power ‘28

Event Coordinators:
Ari Mehta ‘27 (lead)
Natalie Billings ‘27
Jemma Grauer ‘28

Web Editors:
Aurora Chevalier ‘26
Audrey Wang ‘28
Henry Russell ‘28

Faculty Advisor
Mr. Ben Johnson